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Sexually aroused by being constipated? It's called anal-retentive.
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Fold With Us![^]Gary R. Wheeler wrote:
Sexually aroused by being constipated? It's called anal-retentive.
Hi Gary, "anal retentive" is a character/personality trait in the system of psychological classification based on Freud's dis-credited ideas about stages of psycho-sexual development, and his concepts of "fixations" resulting from lack of progress through what he saw as a "natural progression" of stages of individuation involving the developing infant's "focus" on different body zones (mouth first, anus second). That term was actually coined by one of Freud's students, not Freud, by the way. At one point there was a counter-concept in psychiatry, called "anal expressive personality," but that is long out of fashion. "Anal retentive" has been replaced in modern psychiatric terminology with the use of the term "obsessive-compulsive personality" disorder (OPCD). Note that technically OPCD is not the same as "obsessive compulsive disorder" (OCD) : a key difference being that the OCD personality is more likely to be involved in "ritually" repetitive behaviors like some people we know who post every five minutes on CodeProject's Lounge :) Being aroused by being constipated would be classified as a "paraphilia," perhaps related to "coprophilia," meaning to "get off" by "whatever" involving faeces, the act of excretion, etc. And of course within that broad "paraphilia" you have categories of specialty like people who get off on urine (urolagnia), who get off on enemas, etc. I can assure you I was not aroused writing this ! best, Bill
"Many : not conversant with mathematical studies, imagine that because it [the Analytical Engine] is to give results in numerical notation, its processes must consequently be arithmetical, numerical, rather than algebraical and analytical. This is an error. The engine can arrange and combine numerical quantities as if they were letters or any other general symbols; and it fact it might bring out its results in algebraical notation, were provisions made accordingly." Ada, Countess Lovelace, 1844
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You should do something more useful. Try deleting some of our resident trolls' accounts instead.
By dropping all the students, I'm sure I will have gotten rid of many of the trolls ;P .
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Gary R. Wheeler wrote:
Sexually aroused by being constipated? It's called anal-retentive.
Hi Gary, "anal retentive" is a character/personality trait in the system of psychological classification based on Freud's dis-credited ideas about stages of psycho-sexual development, and his concepts of "fixations" resulting from lack of progress through what he saw as a "natural progression" of stages of individuation involving the developing infant's "focus" on different body zones (mouth first, anus second). That term was actually coined by one of Freud's students, not Freud, by the way. At one point there was a counter-concept in psychiatry, called "anal expressive personality," but that is long out of fashion. "Anal retentive" has been replaced in modern psychiatric terminology with the use of the term "obsessive-compulsive personality" disorder (OPCD). Note that technically OPCD is not the same as "obsessive compulsive disorder" (OCD) : a key difference being that the OCD personality is more likely to be involved in "ritually" repetitive behaviors like some people we know who post every five minutes on CodeProject's Lounge :) Being aroused by being constipated would be classified as a "paraphilia," perhaps related to "coprophilia," meaning to "get off" by "whatever" involving faeces, the act of excretion, etc. And of course within that broad "paraphilia" you have categories of specialty like people who get off on urine (urolagnia), who get off on enemas, etc. I can assure you I was not aroused writing this ! best, Bill
"Many : not conversant with mathematical studies, imagine that because it [the Analytical Engine] is to give results in numerical notation, its processes must consequently be arithmetical, numerical, rather than algebraical and analytical. This is an error. The engine can arrange and combine numerical quantities as if they were letters or any other general symbols; and it fact it might bring out its results in algebraical notation, were provisions made accordingly." Ada, Countess Lovelace, 1844
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Gary R. Wheeler wrote:
Sexually aroused by being constipated? It's called anal-retentive.
Hi Gary, "anal retentive" is a character/personality trait in the system of psychological classification based on Freud's dis-credited ideas about stages of psycho-sexual development, and his concepts of "fixations" resulting from lack of progress through what he saw as a "natural progression" of stages of individuation involving the developing infant's "focus" on different body zones (mouth first, anus second). That term was actually coined by one of Freud's students, not Freud, by the way. At one point there was a counter-concept in psychiatry, called "anal expressive personality," but that is long out of fashion. "Anal retentive" has been replaced in modern psychiatric terminology with the use of the term "obsessive-compulsive personality" disorder (OPCD). Note that technically OPCD is not the same as "obsessive compulsive disorder" (OCD) : a key difference being that the OCD personality is more likely to be involved in "ritually" repetitive behaviors like some people we know who post every five minutes on CodeProject's Lounge :) Being aroused by being constipated would be classified as a "paraphilia," perhaps related to "coprophilia," meaning to "get off" by "whatever" involving faeces, the act of excretion, etc. And of course within that broad "paraphilia" you have categories of specialty like people who get off on urine (urolagnia), who get off on enemas, etc. I can assure you I was not aroused writing this ! best, Bill
"Many : not conversant with mathematical studies, imagine that because it [the Analytical Engine] is to give results in numerical notation, its processes must consequently be arithmetical, numerical, rather than algebraical and analytical. This is an error. The engine can arrange and combine numerical quantities as if they were letters or any other general symbols; and it fact it might bring out its results in algebraical notation, were provisions made accordingly." Ada, Countess Lovelace, 1844
BillWoodruff wrote:
OPCD
I hate to be anal retentive, but I think you mean "OCPD". 5:00 4:59 4:58 4:57 ...
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Look at the woman in the back of the picture to the right of this page. Is it just me, or does she look deeply depressed? Not such a great image to have on a career page with a header of "why join us". And the guy in the very front kinda frightens me.
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Look at the woman in the back of the picture to the right of this page. Is it just me, or does she look deeply depressed? Not such a great image to have on a career page with a header of "why join us". And the guy in the very front kinda frightens me.
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BillWoodruff wrote:
OPCD
I hate to be anal retentive, but I think you mean "OCPD". 5:00 4:59 4:58 4:57 ...
aspdotnetdev wrote:
I hate to be anal retentive, but I think you mean "OCPD".
Touché :) best, Bill
"Many : not conversant with mathematical studies, imagine that because it [the Analytical Engine] is to give results in numerical notation, its processes must consequently be arithmetical, numerical, rather than algebraical and analytical. This is an error. The engine can arrange and combine numerical quantities as if they were letters or any other general symbols; and it fact it might bring out its results in algebraical notation, were provisions made accordingly." Ada, Countess Lovelace, 1844
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Gary R. Wheeler wrote:
Sexually aroused by being constipated? It's called anal-retentive.
Hi Gary, "anal retentive" is a character/personality trait in the system of psychological classification based on Freud's dis-credited ideas about stages of psycho-sexual development, and his concepts of "fixations" resulting from lack of progress through what he saw as a "natural progression" of stages of individuation involving the developing infant's "focus" on different body zones (mouth first, anus second). That term was actually coined by one of Freud's students, not Freud, by the way. At one point there was a counter-concept in psychiatry, called "anal expressive personality," but that is long out of fashion. "Anal retentive" has been replaced in modern psychiatric terminology with the use of the term "obsessive-compulsive personality" disorder (OPCD). Note that technically OPCD is not the same as "obsessive compulsive disorder" (OCD) : a key difference being that the OCD personality is more likely to be involved in "ritually" repetitive behaviors like some people we know who post every five minutes on CodeProject's Lounge :) Being aroused by being constipated would be classified as a "paraphilia," perhaps related to "coprophilia," meaning to "get off" by "whatever" involving faeces, the act of excretion, etc. And of course within that broad "paraphilia" you have categories of specialty like people who get off on urine (urolagnia), who get off on enemas, etc. I can assure you I was not aroused writing this ! best, Bill
"Many : not conversant with mathematical studies, imagine that because it [the Analytical Engine] is to give results in numerical notation, its processes must consequently be arithmetical, numerical, rather than algebraical and analytical. This is an error. The engine can arrange and combine numerical quantities as if they were letters or any other general symbols; and it fact it might bring out its results in algebraical notation, were provisions made accordingly." Ada, Countess Lovelace, 1844
I was noting the play on words, more than any actual definition. ;)
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I was noting the play on words, more than any actual definition. ;)
Software Zen:
delete this;
Fold With Us![^]Gary R. Wheeler wrote:
I was noting the play on words, more than any actual definition.
Dear Brother Gary, I don't know what gets "into me" : I get these spasms of excreting actual definitions, these eruptions of runny etymologic literalism, from time-to-time. Can't seem to hold them in. And I can't afford a Freudian analyst to trace this back to some trauma with a dictionary, or my mother's fur coat. And when I try to play the notes on words : I am often out of tune ! Sometimes sharp, often flat. Even when typing I am often in the wrong key. :)~ best, Bill
"Many : not conversant with mathematical studies, imagine that because it [the Analytical Engine] is to give results in numerical notation, its processes must consequently be arithmetical, numerical, rather than algebraical and analytical. This is an error. The engine can arrange and combine numerical quantities as if they were letters or any other general symbols; and it fact it might bring out its results in algebraical notation, were provisions made accordingly." Ada, Countess Lovelace, 1844
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BillWoodruff wrote:
OPCD
I hate to be anal retentive, but I think you mean "OCPD". 5:00 4:59 4:58 4:57 ...
is it not OCDP? OPCD with the letters in the correct order! This is robbed from someone elses sign here on CP, but I can't remember who to give them the credit.
Pete